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Frozen pasta and a steak

By On November 10, 2010 · 1 Comment

“You defrosted this very well”, my dad joked, when he started on his ravioli. He had seen me take a bag of ravioli from the freezer. He didn’t realize I made it myself and froze it myself.

I told him and he still liked it - though he thought his joke was even funnier.

 When we made my [...]

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Chicken noodle soup

By On August 22, 2010 · 16 Comments

Some days you’ve just gotta say ‘screw seasonal’. Sure, the seasonal veggies are better, but why can you only eat heavy potato dinners or chicken and dumplings or chicken and noodles when the weather is cold and dreary? Why would it be unacceptable to eat something like that on a nice summers [...]

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Spaghetti alla Carbonara

By On August 1, 2010 · 9 Comments

Yes, yes, I know, I’ve been a bad, bad food blogger for the last while. Not because I don’t want to post, but because besides the ice cream cake I posted before this, I really haven’t done much serious cooking. It stinks, I know, but what can you do. I’ve been working [...]

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Spaghetti alla Carbonara

By On July 7, 2010 · 29 Comments

I made spaghetti alla carbonara tonight. It was very tasty, though a little on the cheesy side. This due to the fact that I only had parmigiano and no pecorino. Even though pecorino is cheese as well, it does add a different (And therefor less overly cheesy) taste.

It was still very very very good [...]

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wonderful food from the supermarket, lunch in Milan, photo by LdV

More Milan

By On July 3, 2010 · 20 Comments

So in Milan we did a lot… of eating!

We arrived in Milan early Friday afternoon. After taking a taxi to the apartment and drinking coffee, we walked to the grocery store across the square. I was amazed, this was a small, little grocery store, compared to American, or even Dutch stores. [...]

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